Should be in here somewhere...

Control Arm Ball Joint Stud to Knuckle Nut 60 N·m 44 lb ft

Control Arm Rod Insulator Bushing to Front Frame Nut 23 N·m 17 lb ft

Control Arm Rod to Control Arm Insulator Bushing Nut 148 N·m 109 lb ft

Control Arm Rod to Control Arm Nut 103 N·m 76 lb ft

Control Arm to Front Frame Nut 98 N·m 72 lb ft

 

Easy enough

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Good information that I need on Wednesday, otherwise I'd have to bother Frank for the info.

 

Franks method kicks ass

 

Quick question for an old thread, how on earth do you guys get a socket on the nut for the ball joint stud, there's just not any room! I tried getting a socket by itself on the nut earlier today and the socket didn't come anywhere close, making having a torque wrench attched to it even more difficult.

My question is, what have you guys done to torque down that nut to the required 44 lb/ft? I'm looking to do my control arm bushings this weekend and would like to have the control arm removed for this circus.

 

Quick question for an old thread, how on earth do you guys get a socket on the nut for the ball joint stud, there's just not any room!

What I do sometimes is to find another nut with a higher torque spec
then torque it to the desired torque spec (in this case 44 ft/lb) with a
torque wrench. Then put an open-ended wrench onto that nut and
tighten it until it moves a tad. Then immediately go over and torque
the problematic nut, "remembering" what the desired torque feels like.

It's all a bit lame.

For the nut on the control arm ball joint you might be able to get
a torque wrench onto it with an extension and a crows-foot.

44 ft/lbs isn't all that much - you can get a lot more than that with
an ordinary wrench. So don't go crazy and over-torque it.

 

just tighten the crap out of it with a wrench.

 

Tight is tight, broke is broke!

 

Roger that!

 

Anyone that is strong enough to break a ball joint from over tightening it i will send you a new one at no charge.........i really don't want that person being mad at me if he can do that, lol